Amatuer newbie...so frustrated

Grim, thanks for making that clear to me. I really had no idea that it wasn’t designed to record stereo! I bought it a few years ago and used it with the starter Pro Tools Essentials software, always played back in both ears so I never thought twice about it.

So if I record a track in the Mono bus, shouldn’t it still play back in both speakers? Or am I still not understanding how this works lol? Do I need to record each track twice, assign it to opposing sides, in order to get equal playback? That sounds like a lot of work!

Sorry for my limited understanding–I recorded for years and years using Acoustica MP3 mixer plugging my piano directly into the line in on my computer lol. Always got the job done and was pretty straight forward/user friendly. I want to learn how to use the more sophisticated software like Cubase, but it seems my learning curve will take some time. Thanks for being patient with me!